Lace with netlike groundwork



May 19, 1925.

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umrso STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL BEN TE AND .PAUL STUHLMANN, 0F BAIRMEN, GERMANY, ASSIGNORS TO MAXHENKEL S, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LACE WITH NETLIKE :G'RDUNDWOBK.

Application filed December 27,1922. Serial No. 609,267.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EMI-L BnN'rii and PAUL STUHLMANN, citizens of theGerman Empire, residing at Barmen, Germany, have inrented certain new"and useful Improvements in Lace with Netlike Groundwork, of which thefollowing is ,a specification.

Our invention relates to a machine-made imitation of the real hand-madelace of that type wherein a net-like ground-work is formed by a seriesof longitudinal threads and a series of transverse threads crossing oneanother at certain intervals and knotted at the crossings, thus leavingsquare meshes between them, and wherein the patterns are formed byfilling any desired number of meshes with threads leading to and fro inthe transverse direction of the fabric and interlaced with the threadsof the net in a weave-like manner.

Imitations of such lace are usually made on the so-called single-threadlace-braiding machine, that is, a machine of the type described in theU. S. Patent Specification N1. 613,380 to Malhere. Heretofore, inimitating the above-characterized lace .on the singlethreadlace-braiding machine the netlike ground-work is formed by a series oflongitudinal or warp-like strips each consisting of a number ofinterbraided threads, and of transverse or weft-like .sta-ves .or spokesformed by interchanging one thread each of two adjacent longitudinalstrips and at the same time crossing said interchanged threads in thespace between the adjacent strips, while the patterns are formed by anaccumulation of such weft-like staves or spokes, i. e., by a morefrequentinterchange of threads between adjacent strips (see U. S. PatentSpecification No. 118,762).

One object of our invention is to more perfectly imitate a. lace of thekind referred to by forming the transversal or weft-like staves orspokes of the lace ground by a single thread only and furthermore, by sofilling the meshes of the net as to resemble a more weave-like textureof the patterns. Another object of our invention is to produce animitation lace which contains only a comparatively small number ofthreads on a given width and which therefore can not only be made onsmall machines, but, in consequence of the comparatively small quantityof thread material required for a given length, is rather cheap.

lVith this. and other objects in view our invention consists in the newprocess of making a lace with net-like ground-work on the single-threadlace-braiding machine, and also in the novel arrangement of threads inthe groundwork of the lace as well as in the patterns thereof, as willbe hereafter fully described with reference to, the annexed drawing, inwhich Fig. 1 shows, by way of example, a piece of our new lace innatural size, and.

Fig. 2 is a partof that lace drawn on a greatly enlarged scale.

The ground-work of the new-lace comprises longitudinal or warp-likestrips 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.and so on, and transversal or weft-like staves .orspokes vIII connecting said strips in such a manner as to resemble asquare meshed net-work. The longitudinal strips 1, 2, 3, 4t, 5, etc.,may each consist of any desired number of threads, either of a singlethread or of a plurality of threads twisted or braided together. In theexample shown, each strip is formed substantially by a pair of entwistedthreads a, a running continu ously in the longitudinal direction of thelace, said threads being in Fig. 2 for better clearness marked by finestrokes of the pen. The staves or spokes III, however, are formed bysingle threads 6, b which, although extending substantially lengthwisethrough the ;fabric,,are led in a zigzag line; thus they run alternatelyin the longitudinal. and in the transverse direction of the lace.Between each pair of adjacent longitudinal strips one thread 6 (markedin Fig. 2 by a bold stroke of the pen) is arranged, said thread being,.at those places where it runs codirectionally with the strips,alternately interbraided with the threads of the one and the otheradjacent strip, while at the other places it connects the two adjacentstrips in a weft-like manner. Of course, in consequence of the fact thatin certain places the threads 6, b are interbraided with the threads at,a the number of threads in each strip 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and so on is notcorrectly two as stated before, but this number changes from place toplace. While the parts II of the strips contain merely two entwistedthreads, the parts I consists of four interbraided threads.

The patterns IV are as usual formed by filling certain meshes of thegroundwork. To this end the threads 0, a of the warplike strips remainat those places where meshes are to be filled untwisted so that they runstraight through in the longitudinal direction of the fabric, while thethreads I), b are led, one behind the other, continuously to and frobetween said threads a, a, thereby interlacing with the latter andcrossing one another at certain intervals. According to our invention,the crossings of the threads I), b are no more arranged in the interiorof the filled meshes, but they are, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, placedwithin the longitudinal strips, i. e., in the spaces between each twothreads at, a, belonging to the same longitudinal strip. In consequencethereof, the two untWisted threads a, a of each pair of threads arespread apart, while the threads 6, Z) in the middle of the filledmeshes, are arranged substantially parallel with one another. By thesemeans not only a more per tect imitation of the hand-worked patterns isobtained, but, at the same time, the meshes can be filled more quicklyand with less thread material than hitherto.

The threads a, a forming the longitudinal strips may be somewhat moreheavily tensioned than the threads I), b which run partially in thetransverse direction of the lace. Furthermore, the threads 6, b whichrun partially in the transverse direction of the lace. Furthermore, thethreads 6, Z) are preferably somewhat thicker than the threads a WV ewish it to be stated, that our invention is not restricted to the exactlace shown and described; on the contrary many variations andalterations may suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention as pointed out in the claims.

Claims.

1. The method of producing braided lace with square meshes, whichcomprises form ing spaced warp pillars, connecting said pillars atintervals by transversal bars, the latter consisting of but one thread,meandering between the adjacent pillars and interbraided with the pillarthreads and the op posed meander threads at the overlapping sections,and the filling-in of meshes to form spots and various patterns byinterlacing the pillar threads in a weftlike manner with a plurality ofclosely assembled transverse bars.

2. The method of producing braided lace with square meshes, whichcomprises forming spaced warp pillars, connecting said pillars atintervals by transverse bars, the latter consisting of but one thread,meandering between the adjacent pillars and interbraided with the pillarthreads and the opposed meander threads at the overlapping sections, andfilling-in meshes to form spots and various patterns, by interlacing thepillar threads in a weftlike manner with a plurality of closelyassembled transverse bars, the latter crossing each other between thethreads of one and the same pillar.

3. A braided lace with square meshes, presenting spaced warp pillars andtransverse bars connecting said pillars, said bars consisting of but onethread meandering between two adjacent pillars and interbraided with thepillars at the overlapping sections, and presenting filled-in meshes,the filling composed of a plurality of closely assembled transversebars, and said bars interlacing the pillar threads in a Weftlike manner.

4. A braided lace with square meshes, presenting spaced warp pillars,and transverse bars connecting said pillars, said bars consisting of butone thread meandering between two adjacent pillars and interbraided withthe pillars at the overlapping sections, and presenting filled-inmeshes, the filling formed of a plurality of closely assembledtransverse bars, and said bars interlacing the pillar threads inweftlike manner and crossing each other only between the threads of oneand the same pillar.

In testimony whereof we ailix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.-

EMIL BENTE. PAUL STUHLMANN.

Witnesses FRITZ KnUNEoKE, KARL SAMUEL.

